Helgøy

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Helgøy is an island in Troms in Norway, and the former seat of an independent municipality in the western part of present Karlsøy. Helgøy today is a more or less abandoned village of picturesque wooden houses and an old church. The island can only be reached when services are celebrated in the church, and ferry rides are organized.

The church, originally built in 1741, was bought and moved from Hamn on Senja in January 1888. It came to Hamn around 1877. Previously it stood on Hemnes in Helgeland. The church it replaced had stood for 225 years.

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